Olga Khersonsky

6.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
32 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Olga Khersonsky is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Olga Khersonsky has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Olga Khersonsky's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers), Paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms (8 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers). Olga Khersonsky is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers), Paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms (8 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers). Olga Khersonsky collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. Olga Khersonsky's co-authors include Dan S. Tawfik, Cintia Roodveldt, Leonid Gaidukov, Orly Dym, Amir Aharoni, Shira Albeck, Daniela Röthlisberger, David Baker, K. N. Houk and Sarel J. Fleishman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Olga Khersonsky

32 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Kemp elimination catalysts by computational enzyme design

2008 975 citations Daniela Röthlisberger, Olga Khersonsky et al. Nature profile →
The 'evolvability' of promiscuous protein functions

2004 660 citations Amir Aharoni, Leonid Gaidukov et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Structure and evolution of the serum paraoxonase family of detoxifying and anti-atherosclerotic enzymes

2004 501 citations Michal Harel, Amir Aharoni et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olga Khersonsky Israel	24	3.1k	1.1k	825	747	575	32	4.8k
Sandro Ghisla Germany	52	5.3k 1.7×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	1.9k 3.2×	205	8.2k
Michael F. Dunn United States	46	3.7k 1.2×	278 0.3×	1.9k 2.3×	905 1.2×	571 1.0×	187	6.0k
James B. Thoden United States	45	4.7k 1.5×	475 0.4×	2.4k 2.9×	435 0.6×	884 1.5×	153	6.6k
Debra Dunaway‐Mariano United States	46	5.0k 1.6×	347 0.3×	2.3k 2.8×	610 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	203	7.2k
Bernard L. Trumpower United States	54	8.7k 2.8×	359 0.3×	721 0.9×	669 0.9×	291 0.5×	149	10.4k
Richard B. Honzatko United States	36	3.3k 1.1×	307 0.3×	1.3k 1.6×	276 0.4×	646 1.1×	109	4.7k
Patricia C. Babbitt United States	52	6.3k 2.1×	194 0.2×	2.1k 2.6×	371 0.5×	770 1.3×	134	8.1k
Martin Dixon United Kingdom	13	3.1k 1.0×	226 0.2×	305 0.4×	374 0.5×	506 0.9×	68	5.0k
Paul C. Engel United Kingdom	36	3.1k 1.0×	994 0.9×	1.5k 1.8×	532 0.7×	1.6k 2.7×	219	5.2k
Philipp Christen Switzerland	45	5.3k 1.7×	676 0.6×	2.3k 2.7×	500 0.7×	1.9k 3.3×	181	7.5k

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Lipsh‐Sokolik, Rosalie, Olga Khersonsky, Sybrin P. Schröder, et al.. (2023). Combinatorial assembly and design of enzymes. Science. 379(6628). 195–201. 56 indexed citations

Pokorná, Šárka, Olga Khersonsky, Rosalie Lipsh‐Sokolik, et al.. (2023). Design of a stable human acid‐β‐glucosidase: towards improved Gaucher disease therapy and mutation classification. FEBS Journal. 290(13). 3383–3399. 8 indexed citations

Khersonsky, Olga, Moshe Goldsmith, Irina Zaretsky, et al.. (2023). Stable Mammalian Serum Albumins Designed for Bacterial Expression. Journal of Molecular Biology. 435(17). 168191–168191. 4 indexed citations

Allouche‐Arnon, Hyla, Olga Khersonsky, Yoav Peleg, et al.. (2022). Computationally designed dual-color MRI reporters for noninvasive imaging of transgene expression. Nature Biotechnology. 40(7). 1143–1149. 24 indexed citations

Siira, Stefan J., et al.. (2022). Computationally designed hyperactive Cas9 enzymes. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3023–3023. 18 indexed citations

Khersonsky, Olga & Sarel J. Fleishman. (2022). What Have We Learned from Design of Function in Large Proteins?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2022. 9787581–9787581. 13 indexed citations

Weinstein, Jonathan J., Olga Khersonsky, & Sarel J. Fleishman. (2020). Practically useful protein-design methods combining phylogenetic and atomistic calculations. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 63. 58–64. 34 indexed citations

Lapidoth, Gideon, Olga Khersonsky, Rosalie Lipsh‐Sokolik, et al.. (2018). Highly active enzymes by automated combinatorial backbone assembly and sequence design. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2780–2780. 38 indexed citations

Khersonsky, Olga, Rosalie Lipsh‐Sokolik, Ziv Avizemer, et al.. (2018). Automated Design of Efficient and Functionally Diverse Enzyme Repertoires. Molecular Cell. 72(1). 178–186.e5. 192 indexed citations

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Khersonsky, Olga, Gert Kiss, Daniela Röthlisberger, et al.. (2012). Bridging the gaps in design methodologies by evolutionary optimization of the stability and proficiency of designed Kemp eliminase KE59. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(26). 10358–10363. 189 indexed citations

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Khersonsky, Olga, Daniela Röthlisberger, Andrew M. Wollacott, et al.. (2011). Optimization of the In-Silico-Designed Kemp Eliminase KE70 by Computational Design and Directed Evolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 407(3). 391–412. 137 indexed citations

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Khersonsky, Olga, Daniela Röthlisberger, Orly Dym, et al.. (2009). Evolutionary Optimization of Computationally Designed Enzymes: Kemp Eliminases of the KE07 Series. Journal of Molecular Biology. 396(4). 1025–1042. 145 indexed citations

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Röthlisberger, Daniela, Olga Khersonsky, Andrew M. Wollacott, et al.. (2008). Kemp elimination catalysts by computational enzyme design. Nature. 453(7192). 190–195. 975 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rosenblat, Mira, Leonid Gaidukov, Olga Khersonsky, et al.. (2006). The Catalytic Histidine Dyad of High Density Lipoprotein-associated Serum Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) Is Essential for PON1-mediated Inhibition of Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation and Stimulation of Macrophage Cholesterol Efflux. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(11). 7657–7665. 196 indexed citations

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Khersonsky, Olga, Cintia Roodveldt, & Dan S. Tawfik. (2006). Enzyme promiscuity: evolutionary and mechanistic aspects. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 10(5). 498–508. 489 indexed citations

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Amitai, Gabriel, Leonid Gaidukov, R. Adani, et al.. (2006). Enhanced stereoselective hydrolysis of toxic organophosphates by directly evolved variants of mammalian serum paraoxonase. FEBS Journal. 273(9). 1906–1919. 73 indexed citations

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Khersonsky, Olga & Dan S. Tawfik. (2006). The Histidine 115-Histidine 134 Dyad Mediates the Lactonase Activity of Mammalian Serum Paraoxonases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(11). 7649–7656. 140 indexed citations

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Harel, Michal, Amir Aharoni, Leonid Gaidukov, et al.. (2004). Structure and evolution of the serum paraoxonase family of detoxifying and anti-atherosclerotic enzymes. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 11(5). 412–419. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aharoni, Amir, et al.. (2004). The 'evolvability' of promiscuous protein functions. Nature Genetics. 37(1). 73–76. 660 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alfonta, Lital, Amos Bardea, Olga Khersonsky, Eugenii Katz, & Itamar Willner. (2001). Chronopotentiometry and Faradaic impedance spectroscopy as signal transduction methods for the biocatalytic precipitation of an insoluble product on electrode supports: routes for enzyme sensors, immunosensors and DNA sensors. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 16(9-12). 675–687. 115 indexed citations

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